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"Racism's part of my culture": Nation, race and humour in Irish Jam (2006) and The Guard (2011) [PDF]
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 2017 This article applies theories of humour (incongruity, superiority, relief) to a reading of the films Irish Jam (John Eyres, 2006) and The Guard (John Michael McDonagh, 2011) in order to interrogate their depiction of racial, national and cultural ...
Loretta Goff
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The idea of national humour and Americanisation in Australia and Britain
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2022 The widespread notion of a unique national humour involves an impulse to apply the commonplace assumptions of national identity that demand uniqueness of identity, history, language and culture for a political society.
Mark Rolfe
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Humour at the Model United Nations: The role of laughter in constituting geopolitical assemblages [PDF]
Geopolitics, 2013 Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation in which students take on the roles of ambassadors to the United Nations, engaging in debate on 'real' issues from the perspective of their assumed national identities. This paper, based on a year of ethnography
Dittmer, J
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Nemzetiségi szereplők neveinek összehasonlító elemzése bécsi és magyar élclapokban [PDF]
Névtani Értesítő, 2011 Comparative analysis of names for characters from national minorities occurring in Viennese and Hungarian humour magazines The paper compares the personal names appearing in the Viennese humour magazine Figaro and those occurring in some ...
Ágnes Tamás
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2013 The paper explores the reception of Aristophanes’ first extant comedy The Acharnians (425 BC) in post-war Greek modern theatre by the two government-sponsored theatre institutions of Greece, namely the National Theatre of Greece (NTG) and the National ...
Vicky Manteli
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Humour and ex-Yugoslav nations: is there any truth in the stereotypes? [PDF]
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020 This study explores the issue of humour stereotyping between ex-Yugoslav nations, their veridicality and possible explanations. Three research questions were put forward relating to humour stereotyping, as well as the differences in humour production, use and appreciation between the countries.
Željko Pavić, Nataša Krivokapić
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Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 2023 Starting from my former empirical studies but supplemented with fresh fictional “data” from Lars von Trier’s latest TV series Riget Exodus (2022), I first describe how Danes use humour in very characteristic ways, also in cross-cultural professional ...
Lita Lundquist
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Feeling superior? National identity and humour in British castles [PDF]
Tourism Recreation Research, 2019 This study explores how humour in tourism can communicate facets of national identity. In particular, the paper focuses on the presentation by guides of two English and two Scottish castles. Drawing on multiple sources, including an analysis of promotional materials, the text of the guide’s narratives, on-site observation, and TripAdvisor comments from
Carol X. Zhang, Philip Pearce
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CONSUMING CONCERNS: LANGUAGE STYLE OF HUMOUR ON FOUR FEMALE STAND-UP COMEDIANS
E-Journal of Cultural Studies, 2021 Comedy is a male-dominated world as sociolinguistics theory also mentions that women employ less humour compared to men. However, female comedians also appeared on television.
Gusti Ayu Praminatih
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International misrecognition: The politics of humour and national identity in Israel’s public diplomacy [PDF]
European Journal of International Relations, 2018 Recognition, or the lack of it, is a central concern in International Relations. However, how states cope with international misrecognition has so far not been thoroughly explored in International Relations scholarship. To address this, the article presents a theoretical framework for understanding international misrecognition by drawing on discursive
Adler-Nissen, Rebecca, Tsinovoi, Alexei
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